Wooden vessel



T. K, PARRISH. WOODEN VESSEL.

`(lo Model.)

Na 563,683. Patented July 7, 1896.

THOMAS KIRKPATRICK PARRISH, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

WOODEN VESSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 563,683, dated July '7,189e.

Application filed January 9, 1896. Serial No. 574,909. (No model.)

To (AZZ wiz/ont may concern:

Be it known that I, Tnonns KIRKPTRICK PARRISH, a citizen ofthe UnitedStates, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State ofVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVoodenVessels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appcrtains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to hollow articles of Woodenware, andparticularly to vessels formed of staves and encircled by Welded Wirehoops, suoli as shown and described in Letters Patent of the UnitedStates granted to me April l0, 1894:.

Vessels of this class in form ot buckets having tapering sides andprovided with bails and lids are largely employed as shipping-packagesto contain tobacco, candies, fruits, (te. In the handling andtransportation of such packages the rough usage to which the vessels aresubjected frequently causes the lids, which usually rest on the tops ofthe staves, to become injured or displaced, thus causing loss,inconvenience,and annoyance to the consignees.

The ob j ect of my present invention is to obvia-te these difticultiesby providing means for securing the lid of the package tight-ly inplace, preventing its injury or displacement, and thus rendering thevessel not only serviceable as a manufacturers storing and shippingpackage, but as a vessel capable of use either for refilling andreshipment or for general service after its original contents have beenremoved, as a pail, bucket, or receptacle for articles to be carried,sold, or used.

Hy invention consists in the novel construction and combination of partshereinafter described, having special reference to the provision ofmeans for securing the lid to the body of the vessel and to structuralfeatures by which the removal. of the lid Without in-k jury to the sameor the stoves is rendered possible and easy.l

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side viewA of a stavedvessel embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same with thelid in position. Fig. 3 is a vertical central section through thelid-fastenings. Fig. t is a sectional vietv of part of the vessel,enlarged.

A designates a pail or bucket, which may be of any desired structure ormaterial, and B the lid, consisting of a circular disk which snugly litsunder the mouth of the vessel. The inside of the mouth of the vessel ispreferably formed with a rabbet C, on which the lid rests, but this maybe omitted and the lid prevented from sinking too far by the taper ofthe vessel and the corresponding taper of the edge of the lid.

To fasten the lid in place, I employ the Wellknown Staplefastenings g g,which consist each of a single piece of material with tapered shanks Dand thin metal plate A', which is thick enough at its junction withbases C of Shanks D to form heads B' for driving the shanks D in theWood. Any other suitable form of thin malleable metal staple may beemployed.

In fastening on the lids of Wooden vessels by means of such staples, thepractice now generally is to place the lid on top of the staves, driveone of the points of the staples in the staves, and then bend the stapleover the angle of the lid and drive the other point into the Wood of thelid; or to first drive one of the points into the lid and then, afterbending the staple, to drive the other point into one of the staves. Tohold the lid firmly, a staple must be inserted at every point ofpossible insccurity, and even then the lid is by no means secure Whilethe staples project suiiiciently at their bent portions covering theangle of the lid to be easily knocked off.

A feature of my invention designed to prevent the displacement of thestaples and to afford a convenient means for removing the lid consistsin forming notches h 71, in the edge of the vessel and inserting thestaples, so that when bent down the Web portion A may be forced into thenotches, belenr the angle or corner of the staves, when they will besecure from contact with other objects liable to loosen or displacethem. These notches, as will be seen, are deep enough to leave a spacebelow the under side of the lid into which a chisel or other tool may beinserted for the purpose of prying up the lid Without injuring it.

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2. The tapered peil A, having the beveled lid B fitting inside thernouth of the pail, and having vertical notches N, N, formed in itsedge, and ettending,` below the surface of the lid, to admit of theinsertion of a lid-pryingtool, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature zo in presence of twowitnesses.

' THOMAS KIRKPATRICK PARRISII.

Witnesses J SCOTT PARRISH, R. E. RICHARDSON.

